This textbook is an introduction to the newer features of growth theory that are particularly useful in examining the issues of economic development. Growth theory provides a rich and versatile analytical framework through which fundamental questions about economic development can be examined....

Overview -- Part I. Introduction to Economic Growth -- Neoclassical Growth Theory -- Extensions to Neoclassical Growth Theory -- Two Sector -- Growth Models -- Part II. Dual Economies -- Wage and Fertility Gaps in Dual Economies -- Physical Capital in Dual Economies -- A Complete Dual -- Economy...

1. ‘Where the Sandalwood Is Born’: East Timor until the Mid-Eighteenth Century -- 2. The Two Last Centuries of Portuguese Domination -- 3. The Indonesian Occupation -- 4. The Economy under Occupation -- 5. Launching a New State -- 6. Conclusions

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Regionalism : the World Trade Organization and the exchange rate -- pt. 3. East Asia and the Pacific -- pt. 4. Southeast Asia -- pt. 5. Sector studies -- pt. 6. Conclusion.

1. Introduction -- 2. Current Debates and Theoretical Arguments -- 3. Characteristics of Korean Economic Growth -- 4. The Traditional Korean Political Economic Model -- 5. Change and Continuity of the Korean Developmental Model -- 6. Politics of Evolution -- 7. Conclusion.

Thailand is a fast emerging country that aspires to become a high-income economy by 2037. Strong growth has enabled the country to join the group of upper-middle-income economies in the early 2010s and to perform well in many areas. At the same time, the benefits of prosperity have not been...